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Cerebellitis from infection with Coxiella burnettii
M Mollenhauer, A Strickler, D Frangoulidis, K Gardill, R Schneider, K Isenhardt · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2009 · Heft 10
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Q-fever is a zoonosis caused by the intracellular Coxiella burnettii. There are a number of cases known with neurological complications, such as meningoencephalitis, optic neuritis, polyradiculoneuritis and mononeuropathia multiplex; manifestation as cerebellitis has so far mostly been reported in children. We describe the case of a 43 year old female patient from the Spessart, one of the two areas where Q-fever was endemic in 2008, who was suffering from severe cerebillitis due to the infection. First Symptoms were ear pains and vertigo, the initial examination showed a spontaneous nystagmus. Diagnosis of Q-fev…
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